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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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